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Yet another top military leader for the Islamic State, or ISIS, was exposed as having been trained by the U.S. government — this one as recently as 2014 and on American soil, according to media reports confirmed as accurate by the U.S. State Department. The ISIS military leader also said in a video that he was secretly trained in Russia.

The terror leader in question, Colonel Gulmurod Khalimov (shown), who is originally of Tajikistan, is the new “minister of war” for ISIS, according to Iraq News and other sources. He took over ISIS forces after the previous U.S. government-trained ISIS military chief, Tarkhan Batirashvili (a.k.a. Abu Omar al Shishani), was reportedly killed.

U.S. authorities said Khalimov, the 41-year-old new ISIS military chief, received “appropriate vetting” prior to his advanced military and terror training by the U.S. State Department, including during the terms of Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. The former Tajik official's involvement with ISIS apears to have been first reported by CNN last year, before he became “minister of war” for the terror group.

Critics said the latest revelations highlight major problems with U.S. foreign policy, as well as serious questions about the Obama administration's supposed “vetting” capabilities. Indeed, for generations, the U.S. government has been caught variously arming and training mass-murdering dictators, terrorist groups, and other unsavory forces — often with tragic results.

The new ISIS military commander began his U.S. government training in 2003 and continued for more than a decade, according to the U.S. State Department. It was not immediately clear when exactly his training in Russia took place, or who exactly was behind it. Before joining ISIS, Khalimov served as special forces commander for the Interior Ministry of Tajikistan's brutal regime.

Tajikistan is and has been since the early 1990s ruled by a brutal communist-minded dictatorship led by Emomali Rahmon, the ruthless former chairman of the “Supreme Soviet” of the ostensibly defunct Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Why the U.S. government was training the totalitarian regime's “security” forces was not immediately clear, nor was the supposed source of authority for doing so, though the public justification was, ironically, “terrorism.”

In a statement, the State Department confirmed its role in training the new ISIS military chief. “From 2003-2014 Colonel Khalimov participated in five counter-terrorism training courses in the United States and in Tajikistan, through the Department of State's Diplomatic Security/Anti-Terrorism Assistance program,” spokesperson Pooja Jhunjhunwala explained. “All appropriate Leahy vetting was undertaken in advance of this training.” The “Leahy” vetting refers to a law sponsored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that prohibits U.S. training for military units that violate human rights with impunity.

Despite some apparent disagreements with the Kremlin, at least as a show put on for Western authorities, the Tajik regime and its armed forces have long been very close to Moscow. Indeed, as of 2002, the authoritarian government has been a member of the Kremlin-led “Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),” a formal military alliance that includes other communist dictatorships and “former” Soviet states. As stated previously, Khalimov boasted on a widely circulated ISIS propaganda video of having received military training in Russia, too.

According to the U.S. State Department, the U.S. federal program through which Khalimov was trained is intended to help foreign governments and regimes learn the latest “counter-terrorism” tactics. The ostensible purpose is for those foreign governments and dictatorships to be able to more effectively battle terror groups and militants such as al Qaeda and ISIS.

Khalimov reportedly received U.S. government training in “crisis response, tactical management of special events, tactical leadership training and related issues,” according to a State Department official cited by CNN. In a video posted online, Khalimov bragged about how effective the training he received from Washington, D.C., would be in butchering Americans.

“Listen, you American pigs: I've been to America three times. I saw how you train soldiers to kill Muslims,” the terror leader explains in Russian as part of the 10-minute video, which also includes footage of him using a sniper rifle to blow up a tomato from about 25 yards away. “You taught your soldiers how to surround and attack, in order to exterminate Islam and Muslims.... God willing, we will find your towns, we will come to your homes, and we will kill you.”

CNN interviewed former military officials warning that, with his U.S. training, Khalimov would be very familiar with counter-terrorism tactics, protection of VIPs, and more. For U.S. troops illegally deployed to the region by Obama without a declaration of war, American and Western diplomatic personnel, persecuted Middle Eastern Christians facing genocide, and others, that knowledge and skill provided by the U.S. government could have deadly consequences.

Following his promotion to ISIS military chief, as reported by numerous media outlets around the world, the U.S. State Department has now reportedly placed a $3 million bounty on Khalimov's head. An international arrest warrant has also been issued by the regime in Tajikistan.

But the story gets even more outrageous. The U.S. government-trained Khalimov is actually replacing another ISIS military chief who, like his successor, was also trained by the U.S. government. As The New American reported last year, Abu Omar al Shishani, a fighter from Chechnya, was trained by U.S. Special Forces in the nation of Georgia before joining ISIS and eventually becoming a top military leader before being reportedly killed.

“We trained him well, and we had lots of help from America,” an unidentified former Georgian defense official told the McClatchy news agency, which first broke the explosive story. Separately, a former military comrade of the Shishani described him as a “perfect solider” and a “star.”

Another member of the Obama administration’s supposed “anti-ISIS” coalition, the Wahhabi-Islamic dictatorship in Saudi Arabia, which like ISIS also beheads apostates, played a key role radicalizing the jihadist leader through a hard-core Islamist mosque it funded near his village. Top U.S. officials later confirmed that Islamic dictatorships in the gulf were funding and arming ISIS directly, too.

In other words, without the direct assistance of key “anti-ISIS” governments — including Washington, D.C. — the men reputed to be ISIS's most fearsome and skilled military leaders would almost certainly never have arrived in Syria to wage war on infidels in the first place. Indeed, as explosive evidence and news reports continue to emerge, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell where ISIS begins and the globalist establishment ends.

As The New American reported last year, for instance, an official U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency document from 2012 exposed the fact that the Obama administration and its allies were supporting the jihadist uprising in Syria — even though they admitted to knowing that it was led by al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood. One of the key goals was simple, if horrifying: the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic State in Eastern Syria, referred to as a “salafist principality” in the document but today known as ISIS. Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton received the document in 2012, as GOP contender Donald Trump noted when he blasted Obama and Hillary as co-founders of ISIS.

Of course, federal terror laws do not provide exceptions for government officials. It is time for administration officials involved in the lawlessness to be held accountable.

At the very least, the latest example of a U.S.-trained killer for a dictatorship becoming a U.S.-trained killer for a terror group illustrates the utter stupidity of what passes for “foreign policy” in Washington, D.C. At worst, it is still more evidence of the fact that there is much more to ISIS and other terror groups than the establishment media and the White House would like Americans to know. Either way, Congress must hold the executive branch accountable.

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Who hates the Scriptures more than the church of Rome? The Roman Catholic Church has perverted the Grace of God, twisted His Word, and blasphemed His name more than any other religious system in the world. They are the counterfeit version of Christianity, masquerading as the final authority in Christendom while neglecting the very teachings of Christ.

Those teachings of Christ we have today are found only in the Apostolic writings that we have collected in what we call the Bible. The Bible is the true believer’s final authority on all matters of faith and morals. This is known as the doctrine of Sola Scripture–a doctrine that the Roman Catholic Church wholly rejects.

The Roman Catholic Church holds to a damning doctrine of salvation by works. That is, they reject the biblical teaching that Christ’s sacrifice is completely sufficient to save and that it requires the supplementation of the sacraments through the Church. Yet, the Bible clearly teaches that we are saved not of our own doings, but by grace alone and that any good works we do are a result of our salvation, not the cause.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,not a result of works, so that no one may boast.For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. – Ephesians

Franklin Graham, son of the great Catholiccompromiser, Billy Graham, wants the Roman Catholic Church to “remain unmovable” on biblical teachings.

“I appreciate the Catholic Church remaining very strong on moral issues through the years, and I pray they will be immovable on teachings of the Bible,” he posted on Facebook recently.

Does Franklin Graham really believe that the Roman Catholic Church has been faithful to God’s Word? Simply because they happen to fall on the right side of certain moral issues doesn’t mean we can stand with them as believers in Christ. The Roman Catholic Church does not have Christ. And if you do not have Christ, then your “good works” are nothing more than filthy rags in the eyes of a Holy God(Isaiah 64:6). Further, you cannot stand clothed in the righteousness of Jesus unless you have been saved by the blood of Jesus by His Grace alone, through faith alone.

As Protestants and Evangelicals, we have historically stood on the final authority of God’s Word. We hold to the biblical Gospel of grace, while Rome holds to the damning Gospel of works. We cannot join with those who hold to a false gospel and proclaim a false Jesus in any spiritual matter, nor can we tolerate those who do (2 Corinthians 11:4). This is strictly forbidden by the Scriptures that Rome rejects as the final authority.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? – 2 Corinthians 6:14

So what is the fascination with Rome? Why are so many evangelicals pushing for unity with the false church? The truth is, the true Gospel and the teachings of the Bible have become, in the words of former Southern Baptist president, Ronnie Floyd, “secondary matters.” Saving the world from the secular influx of immorality has become the Gospel that most professing Christians hold to. It has become more important to stop gay marriage, stop socialism, stop abortion, stop liberalism, and restore our freedoms than it is to proclaim Christ crucified.

While these things are important, they have become for so many a golden calf of righteousness, and we have become so pragmatic in ideology that we’re willing to compromise the very truth of the Gospel in order to bring these things to pass. Morality, as opposed to Christ alone, has become both the means, and the end.

The Church of Rome happens to agree with many biblical teachings on morals, therefore, they are seen as viable partners in the war on culture and faith, when in fact, we should be evangelizing Roman Catholics, calling them to repent of their hatred of God and his Word, and leading them to the truth that is found only in the Scriptures.

What if these things are the judgment of God because the Church has neglected to proclaim the biblical truth? Do we really think we can restore our nation and turn it back to God by joining hands with those who reject Him? We must draw the line at justification. God is not going to save us, or restore us, through a false Gospel, or a false Jesus.

The fear of man trumps the fear of God for so many. Matthew 10:28 says “Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” There will be countless souls in eternal damnation who practiced morality. They will say “Lord Lord, did we not do many mighty works in your name? (Matthew 10:28)”

“Depart from me,” Jesus will say. True works of righteousness are obeying God rather than men (Acts 5:29). We, as Christians and the Church, should be primarily calling people out of this world–not trying to fix it.

Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” – John 18:36

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